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Easy handmade DIY Christmas crackers idea. Decorate them with kid-made arty paper, and fill with kid-made surprises #christmascrackers #diycrackers #handmadechristmas #creativefun

Arty DIY Christmas crackers

Make some arty DIY Christmas crackers to share with family and friends this year. This is an easy holiday craft for kids and would make a … [Read More...]

Easy printable Christmas baskets kids can make. These come in both reindeer and Santa designs and have a full colour and black and white version so kids can colour their own. THey would make a lovely handmade gift idea with a small treat or gift inside #christmascrafts #christmasprintables #Santa #reindeer #kidscraft #kidsactivities

printable Christmas baskets

Make some cute printable Christmas baskets in Santa and Reindeer designs. This is a part of our November focus on easy handmade gift … [Read More...]

Fun pretend play food from kinetic sand. Kinetic sand is moldable and sticks together so you can roll it, pat it and create cookies, pancakes and ice blocks with it #playfood #pretendplay #kineticsand #sensoryplay #sponsored

Kinetic Sand Pretend Play Food

This post is sponsored by Spin Master and has been produced for Mumtastic Today I'm sharing three ways to make pretend play food using … [Read More...]

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Easy printable Christmas baskets kids can make. These come in both reindeer and Santa designs and have a full colour and black and white version so kids can colour their own. THey would make a lovely handmade gift idea with a small treat or gift inside #christmascrafts #christmasprintables #Santa #reindeer #kidscraft #kidsactivities

printable Christmas baskets

Make some cute printable Christmas baskets in Santa and Reindeer designs. This is a part of our November focus on easy handmade gift … [Read More...]

14 paper plate ocean animal crafts for kids. This ebook contains the printable templates to transform paper plates into 14 different sea creatures along with interesting non fiction facts about each one. Kids will gain an appreciation of our sea life, learning about ocean animals and also making an eye-catching craft which can be hung on the wall #oceananimals #kidscrafts #paperplates #paperplatecrafts

14 Paper Plate Ocean Animals

If you love ocean animals and paper plate crafts then you will love our new craft ebook, Paper Plate Ocean Animals! Included are 14 Ocean … [Read More...]

Times table bookmarks - practice and memorise times tables by reading them before you read your favourite book! A printable set which can be used as either a wall poster or cut into strips and used as bookmarks #multiplication #math #timestables #learningactivities

Times table bookmarks

This colourful set of printable times tables bookmarks has been designed to help kids learn and practice their multiplication tables in … [Read More...]

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  • Kate Grono

    Kate Grono

    Crazy Craft Fanatic

    I’m basically a big kid who never grew up and still loves to muck around with paint, glitter, glue and toilet rolls. With the crafts shared here on this website I’m hoping to give other parents and carers inspiration to get crafty with their kids at home – make our projects, or use them as a source of inspiration to spark ideas of your own. When it comes to crafting no rules apply!

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